ROSALIE'S10 MONTH STATS

Weight

Rosalie is 17.5 lbs! That's just under 2 lbs up from last month and about 11 lbs up from her birth weight!

Height

She's 27 inches tall. : )

About Rosalie

Rosalie is a sweet, stubborn, fiery, happy, silly, obedient, interesting little girl. Haha! She is a little bit of everything. A lot of kids have one thing about them that stands out more than everything else but Rosalie is equal parts everything. She is VERY expressive about how she feels. When she's happy she's VERY happy. When she doesn't like something she REALLY doesn't like it. When she's upset she's U.P.S.E.T. There's no mistaking her emotions that's for sure. But the great things about that is that when she's silly, or happy, or laughing, or excited she's so much fun to be around. Usually if she's upset it can be remedied with food or sleep so I can fix it relatively easily. I'm just so glad she's my little Bunny. :) She's the sweetest little addition to our family and I'm so in love with her!

Eating

She is eating a lot! She especially likes strawberries, peas, bread, corn, rice, tomatoes, green beans, grapes, crackers, avocados, beans, and anything frozen. She is starting to love oatmeal in the mornings and still eats rice cereal sometimes too. She nurses in the mornings when she gets up still, before each nap, and before bed at night. There might be one or two other nursing sessions if she gets hurt or is upset about something but that's just randomly throughout the day.She is also really interested in her sippy cup lately! She can drink a little out of it now and likes to have it around for meals for sure.

Size

She is still in 6 month size clothing! I can't believe how much smaller she is than Charlotte. I think she eats 10x more than Charlotte did at this age so I'm not sure why she isn't 10x fatter! Ha. But I guess she is just...different. Petite. She also fits into some 9 month stuff and size 3 diapers are still being used.

Milestones

- She said her first word! (Besides "mama" and "dada" - I never really count those.) Her first word was "little" and a few minutes later she said "apple"! She was repeating Charlotte. It was adorable! Haha she loves imitating her older sister and I love it!

- She finally got her first teeth! After teething for months and being miserable her two middle bottom teeth broke through. Thank heavens!! The poor girl was miserable. She's putting theses teeth to good use too. She's eating anything and everything she can now.

- She is listening to us! If I tell her "no" she totally knows what she's doing is bad and she will stop in her tracks and kind of hide her face for a second. She'll wait for me to say it again and when I do she sticks her bottom lip WAYYYY out and gets so upset. Haha poor baby! It breaks my heart because she's so little. But I'd much rather her grow and learn this now than wait until later and have to have her readjust to listening to Tom and I.

Me Postpartum

I never really say much in this "Me Postpartum" section because...there really isn't much to say. I've felt great! Nothing to report! Yay!

But not this month. No no no... Not this month.

SO. I had a rough month or so. I remember hearing some other bloggers and vloggers say something about the 9th/10th month after having a baby being HARD. I didn't really understand what they meant though. After I had Charlotte I got pregnant with Rosalie at the 9 month mark so my body was back in the pregnancy swing of things and I never experienced that hormone shift where your body goes "back to normal" after birth.

HOLY. COW. It's no joke.

It spanned over a period of 3 or so weeks I guess. I was weepy, moody, angry, short-tempered, way too upset about the kids crying, upset about an itch on my leg, way too upset about Charlotte not eating her food, upset about the wind blowing, upset about EVERYTHING. Poor Tom was so patient with me as I sobbed and laid hopeless on the couch. I remember one evening in particular - I had had it. I just...broke down. The girls were cranky about something and I just left them to cry in their room. I sat on the couch and sobbed endlessly. Tom came into the room and I could tell her was so confused. He asked me what the matter was and I couldn't even tell him. Everything. Everything. Everything. Holy crap. E.V.E.R.Y.T.H.I.N.G. Nothing was right. I thought I was going insane. I thought about driving to my mom's house to stay overnight just so I could have some peace - but I knew that I would become more upset over having left Tom and the girls, even for just a few hours. Everything upset me - no matter what I did - any decision I could have made would upset me so I just rolled with the emotional punches.

"Signs of postpartum depression" I Googled. I was convinced that's what it was. I knew it. Why was I even researching this? It's what I have. I know it. "Can develope any time during the first 12 months postpartum" I read. Yep. Here we go. This should be fun... I sobbed. I felt jailed in misery in my own mind and body. I was hard on the girls. So hard. Not physically of course, but I couldn't contain my impatience, and I yelled. Expecially at Charlotte. I lost my temper endlessly with her.

I resigned myself to my fate. "How long will this go on?" I wondered. But then another shift occurred and just as quickly as it came on, it left. I was back to me again - and I hugged my girls and had the best days with them following my "recovery". I kissed and loved on them, we played a lot and laughed a lot. Mommy was "back"!

​I remembered reading about my blogger friends' 9 month "shift" and it hit me. DUH. I've heard moms talk about this before - this thing - this shift! Whatever it is - it was insane. I wasn't even that crazy and emotional while I was pregnant. Not even close! SO. For all you new or expecting moms out there - I'm not trying to scare you. I'm sorry if I did! Not all moms go through this. But listen to your body and mind. Someone else I know said this happens to her after each pregnancy but at 6 months PP, not 9. Interesting. Obviously if it happens to you, TALK to someone. Who knows, maybe it is postpartum depression. Tell your husband, tell your mom. Even if it is this "shift" they can help you! I needed help. A lot of it. I'm so thankful I'm back to myself again. So thankful. God is good. : )

But anyway - that's my 9 month postpartum update. Wooo! So fun... ; )

Haha I know this post was an emotional roller coaster! Sorry for the craziness! But I write very honestly over here on the blog and I had to share my "shift" story for anyone going through the same thing. There's light at the end of the tunnel, ladies. You got this. I'm here rooting for you. :) So I hope you enjoyed Rosalie's 9 month update! My little Squishy is so big and grown up now and I want her to be a little newborn again! But life goes on and I'll snuggle her a little tighter as she grows. It's bittersweet. I love you, my girlies.

Rosalie's nap was a little TOO restful today... She woke up with more energy and craziness than I've ever seen!

Charlotte also nearly fell off and hit her head while standing on top of her crib. Yes, you read that right. Haha! Oy. I say all the time that I don't think I had preeclampsia last year - I think Charlotte just grabbed my blood pressure by the throat and threw it in the air! ; )

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My name is Hannah and I'm a lucky wife to Tom, and mama bear to two sweet girls - Charlotte & Rosalie. Coffee, lipstick, sunshine, and dresses are some of my favorite things! I love to blog about God, motherhood, "wifeyhood", food, health and much more. ​Check out my vlogs on YouTube as well!

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